Metro transit cops nab stabbing suspect

King County sheriff’s deputies working the Metro Transit detail Thursday morning arrested a man suspected of stabbing a fellow passenger last week just outside the Federal Way Transit Center.

The deputies spotted the suspect sleeping on a bench at the transit center. He was wearing the same clothing and carrying the same backpack worn by the suspected stabber, as captured on a Metro bus surveillance camera.

The stabbing happened Sept. 30 just before 5 a.m. Two men aboard bus 174 got into a fight, exiting the bus just as it left the transit center. Once outside, one of the men stabbed the other several times.

The victim suffered several stab wounds, but is expected to recover.

Cameras aboard the bus caught images of the fight and of the suspected assailant. Deputies believe the suspect is a 19-year-old transient. He was booked into the King County Jail for investigation of first-degree assault.